<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716]]></link><description><![CDATA[People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The part of our social order which can or ought to be made a conscious product of human reason is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47361]]></link><description><![CDATA[The part of our social order which can or ought to be made a conscious product of human reason is only a small part of all the forces of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pornography is the attempt to insult sex, to do dirt on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The governor really doesn't control that. If they choose to operate under a different financial situation, that's up to them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The governor really doesn't control that. If they choose to operate under a different financial situation, that's up to them. They know best what they need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's fear of ideas is probably the greatest dike holding back human knowledge and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics, n: Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47224]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed in politics, it is often necessary to rise above your principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55735]]></link><description><![CDATA[At my fingers' ends. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, the blind counsels of the guilty! Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!  [Lat., O caeca nocentum consilia!   O semper timidum scelus!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing will work unless you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing will work unless you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/86]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there be anything that can be called genius, it consists chiefly in ability to give that attention to a subject which keeps it steadily in the mind, till we have surveyed it accurately on all sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/86</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historically we have seen strong home improvement spending in the wake of a slow economy. The stock market has been less secure in the last 18 months or so than it had previously been. So instead of the stock market, people were investing in their homes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17330]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56858]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine they preach and the program they project, breed fanaticism, enthusiasm, fervent hope, hatred and intolerance; all of them are capable of releasing a powerful flow of activity in certain departments of life; all of them demand blind faith and singlehearted allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,   And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendinous part of the mind, so to speak, is more developed in winter; the fleshy, in summer. I should say winter had given the bone and sinew to literature, summer the tissues and the blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be firstovercome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's powerful. 'Whipped Cream' happened 40 years ago. It still resonates with people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36484]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's powerful. 'Whipped Cream' happened 40 years ago. It still resonates with people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again  The welcome morning with its rays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fiercest agonies have shortest reign; And after dreams of horror, comes again  The welcome morning with its rays of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the Cadillac of biplanes. This is the fancy model, with leather seating. The workmanship inside is insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30179]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the Cadillac of biplanes. This is the fancy model, with leather seating. The workmanship inside is insane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other, ... It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone was encouraging to each other, ... It was more of a 'team' kind of thing; it wasn't like a tryout or anything. I'd played against a lot of the guys at the Combine, so we all kind of had a mutual respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43993]]></link><description><![CDATA[For they say there's a Providence sits up aloft To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14044]]></link><description><![CDATA[As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19961]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen, is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44173]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748]]></link><description><![CDATA[In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always fascinated by India.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,  Whose stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,   O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming;    And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,     Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there!      Oh! say, does that star spangled banner yet wave,       O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade. Instead, learn the trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade. Instead, learn the trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll see what the (environmental impact statement) turns up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37879]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll see what the (environmental impact statement) turns up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In their search for environmental influences in human health, study researchers plan to examine such factors as the food children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34096]]></link><description><![CDATA[In their search for environmental influences in human health, study researchers plan to examine such factors as the food children eat, the air they breathe, their schools and neighborhoods, how often they see a health care provider and even the composition of the house dust in their homes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57575]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a guy who gets up at six o'clock in the morning regardless of what time it is. (on the spartan training regimen of heavyweight Andrew Golota)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53337]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe we shall come to care about people less and less. The more people one knows the easier it becomes to replace them. It's one of the curses of London.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's strawberries are another man's hives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46865]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's strawberries are another man's hives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680]]></link><description><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2502]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards? Alas! not all the blood, of all the Howards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22450]]></link><description><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22450</guid></item></channel></rss>